Program Overview

We believe that global learning is integral to building 21st century skills.The Teachers
for Global Classrooms Program (TGC)is
a
professional development opportunity for teachers from the United
States, with the goal of providing teachers with the skills and
experience to promote global education in their classrooms and schools.

The TGC program provides teachers with:

• An online course that helps US teachers to integrate globalized learning objectives into their curriculum;

• A Global Education Symposium in Washington: click on this blog post below from a current fellow, Guido Gabrielli (Raleigh, NC), to read about his experience at the Symposium in February 2015.

About TGC

Teachers for Global Classrooms is a year-long professional development program for elementary, middle and secondary teachers in the United States. The program aims to globalize teaching and learning in U.S. classrooms. TGC is a program of the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural affairs, and administered by IREX.
The program begins with an 8-week graduate level online course on globalizing the classroom, followed by a Global Education Symposium in Washington, D.C. The fellows then have a 2-3 week international travel fellowship in one of 6 countries determined by the State Department.
The 2015-2016 TGC cohort is made up of 82 elementary and secondary teachers from across the United States.